Meaning Of Food & Different Cuisines Flashcards
Individual behaviors related to eating.
Food Habits
Encompass the broader cultural and societal aspects of food, including traditions and practices.
Food Ways
Excellence of taste in the fine arts and humanities.
Culture
An integrated pattern of
human knowledge, belief,
and behavior that depends upon the capacity
for symbolic thought and social learning.
Culture
The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group.
Culture
When you accommodate the society you live such as the workplace, but still keep many of your customs from your mother country.
Acculturization
A process of cultural change due repeated exposure to another culture.
Acculturation
The ability to work effectively with
individuals from different cultural and
ethnic backgrounds, or in settings
where several cultures coexist.
Cultural Sensitivity
The acceptance of various
cultural divisions for the sake of diversity
that applies to the demographic make-up
of a specific place, usually at the scale of
an organization such as a school,
business, neighborhood, city, or nation.
Multi-Culture
is when you completely
adapt to the society you live in and forget
all of your customs and adopt their
lifestyle.
Assimilation
is a political and social
term from the Latin verb conservare
meaning to save or preserve. As the
name suggests it usually indicates
support for tradition and traditional
values though the meaning has
changed in different countries and
time periods.
Conservatism
the relationship between a
person and their state of origin, culture,
association, affiliation and/or loyalty and affords the state jurisdiction
over the person and affords the person the protection of the state.
Nationality
A process of learning distinctive values,
beliefs, behavioral norms, and languages or distinctive dialects by members of an
ethnic category during the process of
socialization. They use these cultural standards as their basic interaction
manifestations.
Ethnicity
-is the place where you
can taste all the goodness the Middle East has to offer.
-Foods are generally Mediterranean, high on vegetables, little meat and full of flavors.
-The most famous dish worldwide is the
appetizer mezze - a selection of dips, pickles,
salads and nibbles with Arabic bread.
Lebanese cuisine
- It also includes an abundance of fruit,
fresh fish and seafood and little
animal fat. - The country is also famous for the
Arabic sweets, Tripoli being referred
to as the “Sweet Capital” of Lebanon.
Lebanese Cuisine
cuisine is a focused around olive oil,
vegetables and herbs specific to the Mediterranean
region.
Greek Cuisine
- containing a variety of meat and fish, as well as vegetables.
- It is also influenced by the seafood
available from the surrounding waters.
Spanish Cuisine
- uses the most oil among all
Western and Central European cuisines. - One of the most popular drinks that goes perfectly with its national dishes
is sangria, a drink made of wine and fruits.
Spanish Cuisine
White rice and soybeans are the ingredients you should expect to find in almost any dish.
Japanese Cuisine
Known for its varied flavors and spices, and is a result of the Spanish interaction with the Aztec culture.
✓ is a delicious combination of ancient traditions, Aztec, Mayan and Spanish.
Mexican Cuisine
- balanced mix of hot, sour, bitter and sweet, is a good enough reason to visit the country.
- The foods are characterized by the use of fresh herbs and flavors, such as lime juice, lemon grass and fresh coriander.
Thai Cuisine
Similar to many Asian cuisines, rice is the
main component. You will often come across a strong fish sauce, shrimp paste and noodles.
Thai Cuisine
- One of the world’s most sophisticated and diverse cuisines.
- there are other 3 categories: South, East and West. The foods are mostly vegetarian, but many include lamb, goat, chicken meat and even fish.
Indian Cuisine
- The cuisine is easy to create, economical and tasty. Most of the food is prepared in bite-sized pieces because the Chinese culture regards knives and forks as weapons.
- Usually, every person at the table is given a bowl of rice while the other dishes are shared by everyone at the table.
- Some dishes are cooked fromendangered species, such as moss while others from meat you would want to avoid such as dog.
Chinese Cuisine